It all goes back to when you found out that Santa/The Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy weren’t real and it started you down the road to jaded cynicism. Thousands of years from now our descendants are going to be watching documentaries about how blitzball is rigged.
He probably got a few more millions in an offshore bank for doing so. Doing 15 months in a country club aint shit. Probably gets a woman and his wife sent to him once each a week. Shit. Some of those country clubs you can leave and walk through town, shop, eat do what ever you want you just have to be home at a certain curfew. Rediculous.
I read Tim Donaghy's book in which he mentions the NBA plays favorites. Jordan and Kobe Bryant for example were going to get the calls. Not good for entertainment value to have either player sitting on the bench for too long. Then there are the playoffs and which teams are better suited for ratings. NBA officials were never told specifically but it was understood who TV preferred to see in the Finals. Early in Donaghy's career the NBA decided there was too much traveling during the games. Officials were told to make more calls. So, Donaghy made a traveling call during a Chicago game against MJ after he spun towards the basket and scored. When Phil Jackson screamed, Donaghy explained the league was clamping down on traveling. Jackson, yelled back, "Yes, but not on HIM!" meaning Jordan.
So much of this story is missing from this video. Namely the numerous phone calls that Donoghy made to CURRENT NBA referee Scott Foster during his betting streak. Also the fact that Donoghy won the majority of his bets on games that he did not officiate. He attributed this to knowing the relationship between the refs and players being reffed as well as internal memos that the NBA sent to officials with 'areas of focus'. Donoghy may have been the scapegoat but theres way more to this story than the public may ever know
Michael Longstreet.... that's exactly the problem with this documentary. Yes, he broke the rule, could not bet... but he actually won the majority of the bets where he did not officiate. good for him. one way or another, way to many insiders profiting from this. then you have someone like donoghy taking the hit for the team.. probably also arranged between themselves.
NBA is still rigged to this day. Dont get it twisted! Silver trying his hardest to have betting kiosks in all arenas across the U.S. Tim was nothing more than a scapegoat. He was rated a top official... what does that tell you?
The guy in the video only cared about himself getting caught. He doesn't care about all the players, gamblers, fans who bought tickets and spent time watching sports.... only for jackass refs and gambling trash to tilt it in their personal favor for money. Lots of people running sports and reffing sports still doing this stuff. They are doubling up on their profit at the expense of all the people who support them and spend time/money on it.
@@candleankle1805 read tims book, "Personal Foul". He was the scapegoat. Also, check out the documentary "Dirty Game", talks about all the corruption in sport's except the NFL and MLB. Seems fishy the two were left out to me.
The NBA will never really recover from this scandal. And the reason isn't because of the scandal itself. The reason is the cover up the NBA has been involved with since at least 2002 with regards to fixed games and refs. The fact that Scott Foster is STILL officiating in the NBA tells me all I need to know.
@@italiancapo7 He's definitely admitted that 2002 WCF was rigged. He also mentioned in a 60 minutes interview that they did tactics to send a message to certain players. One person that they made sure to set an example was Allen Iverson. He was critical of the refs and Donaghy mentioned it was a well known agreement among other refs for Iverson to not give him calls to send him a message. Watch this for the Iverson situation: ruclips.net/video/d_0qDl3AzI0/видео.html
I'm a lifelong Piston's fan and I can still remember watching the Kings get literally robbed and jobbed against the Lakers on live television by this BS. I lost all respect for the NBA at that point, because if I could tell as an unbiased viewer that this was completely corrupt, how on earth could the NBA brass miss it?
In the NBA, if they love you, you get away with almost anything on the court. Heck, even traveling doesn't called much this day. You would think something minor like that would be upheld as it is a fundamental skill in basketball but it's not.
This all goes back to the Knicks winning the 1985 1st round draft pick which they used on Patrick Ewing because David Stern *"froze"* the envelope to ensure that Sacramento did not get that pick instead. The Kings did themselves no favors by blowing game 4 and game 7 but Donoghy was under orders to make sure that the Kings did not advance to the 2002 NBA Final.
This makes it seem like Tim was only betting on games he officiated and had direct influence over. In actuality, Tim was betting on ALL the NBA games and had a 75% success rate. How? He knew relationships between officials, players and coaches and how those friendships and feuds influenced the calls and how that in turn, influenced to a great degree the outcomes of games. The bigger problem is how much the league and the officials steer game outcomes to their liking and that hasn't changed. Tim Donaghy took advantage of the NBAs overt bias but nothing was done to eliminate the bias itself. This story pins everything on Tim but the problem is much larger than that. Read Tim's book and judge for yourself.
I don't feel sorry for Mr. Battista. He targeted the Phoenix Suns because they were highly favored to win at that time because of their high powered scoring. He robbed the players and coaches and fans of the Suns and other teams of legitimate victories and tarnished the NBA.
Donaghy was shady, but he also gave info on how Stern would shape games via video instructions, as well as existing biases of refs. He passed info about games being ref'd by other people, not just his own games. Everyone knows Jordan was protected and Iverson was hated, but there was much more. Stern controlled the PR masterfully and put it all on Donaghy and deflected any suspicion of his office. Stars were elevated and game 7s pulled out of this air.
At the ends in he’s in tears and says “I devised a scandal that brought mayhem into my life and my family’s life.” Sounds like he’s just sorry he was caught and not that what he did was wrong. No mention of the people he screwed out of their hard earned money.
@@holycrapdude123 lol and the african warlords, mexican cartels, middle eastern oil barons, Indian fraudsters etc greed doesnt discriminate when it comes to ethnicity.
@@jailtimejake2151 "Vice had become the tenth-highest-valued private company in America, according to CB Insights, at a valuation of $5.7 billion, and as recently as 2016"
No mention of his ultimate betting crime: 2002 Kings vs Lakers Western Conference Finals. Kings fans had to watch in agony as Bibby got whistled for so much as looking too hard at Kobe. And no mention? This is more like On the Outskirts of the Gambling Ring.
There's a kinda similar one with Kevin spacey and another actor who played the protagonist a student trying to get a scholarship They count on blackjack in Vegas Don't remember the title
I can't find tape or RUclips video..but I saw Spurs/Blazers playoffs .(90??) In a tight game with about a minute to go BLAZERS make bucket, ref grabs ball and looks back at scores table and *shoves* ball in David Robinsons chest..to inbound..Robinson looking confused as he never inbounds the ball let's the ball fall to the ground..ref instantly call a *tech* on him. Spurs lose. The local broadcasters -" what was that?!" I as were others confused by that whole scenario🤔🤔not anymore. The NBA wanted to see a Blazers /Pistons finals *THE FIX WAS IN* Spurs, Suns, Kings screwed...Lakers never get hurt...
Only 15 months?! Did he have to pay any fines as well, how much money did he make altogether during this scandal? 15 months is just a slap on the wrist
Definitely the fix was in for the Suns-Spurs playoff. I would call it the worst officiated series I've ever seen, but it appears the referees knew exactly what they were doing. Like an archery competition where the archer misses so badly they kill someone in the crowd, but kill exactly who they meant to in the crowd.
The refs still cheating the Kings. I still don’t know how u get elbowed in the face and the fouls on you...Buddy Hield and Mike Bibby. Or when Fox was elbowed and kneed in the nuts but the fouls on him. So many ticky tack fouls against us.
A fascinating and meaningful report. Thank you to all who appeared in this video, and thank you especially to all those at Vice Sports and beyond who worked hard to produce it.
2007 Suns lost a well deserved title in the Finals against the Spurs because of this. Suns were the best team and this scandal robbed a city of a long awaited trophy. Spurs should have an asterisk for that one.
That Kings squad was so damn good man. CDub, Divac, Peja, Hedo, Bibby, Bobby Jackson and Doug Christie off the bench... one of my favorite teams of all time
@@melojordans23 That's like making a video about insider trading and not mentioning Enron, or about Ponzi schemes and not mentioning Madoff. Sure those are the most famous examples, but they're also the best examples, and absolutely should be touched on!
@@oshonuyids plenty of videos you’re own eyes can be your source espn plenty of sports media places to see lebron do a 7 step travel and get the and 1 😭😭 sports are rigged
The dude was just incredibly well informed lol really alot of what he did while extreme wasnt all that bad. It's just a small amount that was real bad. But let's be real here... if there wasnt money involved he would've never gotten in trouble.. they only care about the money hes making/they're loosing
This video doesn’t tell the whole story. Tim in interviews has said that a lot of his inside info was the NBA dictating to the refs who they wanted to win. The fucking NBA was fixing games. They even had a ref that they would use in playoff games to make sure the games went at least 6
94' game 7 knicks/pacers. 98' game 7 Bulls/Pacers. 00' game 7 Blazers/Lakers. 01' game 7 76ers/Bucks. '02 game 7 Lakers/Kings. How sexy does a Blazers/Pacers final in 2000 sound? What about Pacers/Rockets in 94'?
@@dylanpolo2163 I see them making the Warriors lose because Lebron always makes the finals and ratings will tank supposedly if Lebron isn't in the finals. I t will be interesting to watch for sure.
Kenyon Martin acts like he was one of the players they were conspiring against haha. They definitely weren’t fouling him out of games. You never see all stars do these type of interviews
Love the strong inference the thumbnail gives us by capturing the dirtiest NBA referee with the greatest basketball player who ever lived and also happens to have a gambling background of legendary proportions. Wonder where this is going??🤔🙄
@@philiptucker6119 Well its because Donoughy snitched and had something valuable for the FBI. If he didnt snitch, he would have gotten the going rate for this offense.
Franzese said he had 3 NBA refs on his payroll at one point & none of them was Donaghy. This was going on for a long time, inevitably still is in some sports to some level. Wonder how many championships have been altered by faulty refereeing.
So now people gonna be saying, the 00-02 lakers didn't belong in the finals or shouldn't have won any of them. It's not like they asked for this to happen. They played the game the way the game should have been played. Shaq fouled out in game 5 of the finals in 00. Leaving kobe by himself. 01, philly didn't stand a chance, nor did the spurs. 02 prolly is the most questionable out of all of them. Kings looked real good in that series. The kings shot better from the field, lakers shot better from the line. kings shot better from behind the arc. But here is the question. If they were betting and the lakers were down 3-2 in the series, and apparently they wanted the lakers to win. Why did they have the lakers go down at all? they were down 2 times in the series, came back. Did they only bet on the games the lakers were supposed to win or did they dictate the series and bet on both? It's a serious question as well. I really feel like a lot is missing from this and they still aren't telling us only what they want us to know.
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The older you get, you realize that corruption is everywhere.
And in everything, humans sucks.
@@kevinwilson3337 they really do humanity is a really bad trip
It all goes back to when you found out that Santa/The Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy weren’t real and it started you down the road to jaded cynicism. Thousands of years from now our descendants are going to be watching documentaries about how blitzball is rigged.
@@kevinwilson3337I agree.
I was very naive growing up but now being 40 years old I realise how much of a concern humanity is.
Tim Donaghy was the fall guy. You think he was doing this alone.
Times sure do change though when you see them up here and to the public
Tim donaughy never said it was just him infact he says him and other Referees damn near everytime
They definitely through him under the bus
He probably got a few more millions in an offshore bank for doing so. Doing 15 months in a country club aint shit. Probably gets a woman and his wife sent to him once each a week. Shit. Some of those country clubs you can leave and walk through town, shop, eat do what ever you want you just have to be home at a certain curfew. Rediculous.
I ain’t gonna call the guy on the court the fall guy tho. He’s the main show lowki
I read Tim Donaghy's book in which he mentions the NBA plays favorites. Jordan and Kobe Bryant for example were going to get the calls. Not good for entertainment value to have either player sitting on the bench for too long. Then there are the playoffs and which teams are better suited for ratings. NBA officials were never told specifically but it was understood who TV preferred to see in the Finals.
Early in Donaghy's career the NBA decided there was too much traveling during the games. Officials were told to make more calls. So, Donaghy made a traveling call during a Chicago game against MJ after he spun towards the basket and scored. When Phil Jackson screamed, Donaghy explained the league was clamping down on traveling. Jackson, yelled back, "Yes, but not on HIM!" meaning Jordan.
Nobody who watches NBA regularly needed him to tell us that certain players are treated differently lol
We ain’t gotta read the book to know that big dog
Wow super stars gets more calls than regular nba players who knew?
nba also made a case to be classified the same as WWE. All just entertainment.
It's not just basketball either.
So much of this story is missing from this video. Namely the numerous phone calls that Donoghy made to CURRENT NBA referee Scott Foster during his betting streak. Also the fact that Donoghy won the majority of his bets on games that he did not officiate. He attributed this to knowing the relationship between the refs and players being reffed as well as internal memos that the NBA sent to officials with 'areas of focus'. Donoghy may have been the scapegoat but theres way more to this story than the public may ever know
Michael Longstreet.... that's exactly the problem with this documentary. Yes, he broke the rule, could not bet... but he actually won the majority of the bets where he did not officiate. good for him. one way or another, way to many insiders profiting from this. then you have someone like donoghy taking the hit for the team.. probably also arranged between themselves.
@@Shurikmuff what rule did he brake?
Kilo Dee
Cant bet money on sport events they involved with. I am sure its common... some get away with it... he didnt
El-ahrairah as clear as the sky nba is rigged since the 70s
EXACTLY
kenyon martin added absolutely nothing to this video
Dead
He trying so hard to get on TV. You see him all over FS1 and ESPN. LOL.
He told us he had a great career. Is that not adding something?
@@fredfrond6148 too bad he didnt lol
Just for a different perspective from the player side
9 NBA referees were arrested for tax evasion in the 90's. Unclaimed income. Rigged AF.
and that's how Chicago won those titles smh
@@mannyderosa8512 reach a little higher.
@@mannyderosa8512 you've got alot of reach here
@@mannyderosa8512 I mean Michael Jordan also helps too 😂
@@erendyalatorre7785 I’m late but the Chicago series most likely was rigged
NBA is still rigged to this day. Dont get it twisted! Silver trying his hardest to have betting kiosks in all arenas across the U.S. Tim was nothing more than a scapegoat. He was rated a top official... what does that tell you?
Andrew Lee those are not real jews(choosen people of the Bible). They’re imposters (revelations 3:9)
Same Thing With Football & Baseball Bruh...
Yessirrr
Don’t need to rig it if the warriors just blow every team out the water.
The guy in the video only cared about himself getting caught. He doesn't care about all the players, gamblers, fans who bought tickets and spent time watching sports.... only for jackass refs and gambling trash to tilt it in their personal favor for money. Lots of people running sports and reffing sports still doing this stuff. They are doubling up on their profit at the expense of all the people who support them and spend time/money on it.
Steve carrell can play the ref when the movie comes out.
Steve CarrelI was great in Titanic... But I feel like Forrest Gump was the film that really propelled him into stardom!
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri what?
@@cannabis8caution lol
Facts
@@cannabis8caution 🤣
There is definitely more to this story.
Cam Wimble like what? Please elaborate and don’t speculate
@@candleankle1805 like steve javie and joey crawford fixing games as well.........and now javie is the head of the nba referee association
@@candleankle1805 read tims book, "Personal Foul". He was the scapegoat. Also, check out the documentary "Dirty Game", talks about all the corruption in sport's except the NFL and MLB. Seems fishy the two were left out to me.
Sports gambling is a billion dollar industry. Sports is listed as entertainment. Tim took the fall for getting too greedy. That it is all.
Undrwtr Bsktwvn No read Gaming the Game, It’s from the Animals POV
The NBA will never really recover from this scandal. And the reason isn't because of the scandal itself. The reason is the cover up the NBA has been involved with since at least 2002 with regards to fixed games and refs. The fact that Scott Foster is STILL officiating in the NBA tells me all I need to know.
It was happening in the 90’s Jordan era too. They screwed the Knicks every year.
2023 and still same and worst now that FanDuel and DraftKings betting apps are legal everywhere
2002 Western Conference Finals is all I have to say.
George Brobbey what games were discovered he rigged? Early 2000’s seemed rigged against the Mavericks and Kings.
@@italiancapo7 He's definitely admitted that 2002 WCF was rigged. He also mentioned in a 60 minutes interview that they did tactics to send a message to certain players. One person that they made sure to set an example was Allen Iverson. He was critical of the refs and Donaghy mentioned it was a well known agreement among other refs for Iverson to not give him calls to send him a message.
Watch this for the Iverson situation: ruclips.net/video/d_0qDl3AzI0/видео.html
@@italiancapo7 its easier to rig it against small market teams because the nba will turn a blind eye because they will also be cashing in
George Brobbey Michael Jordan’s 6 Rings
Yea everyone knows
I'm a lifelong Piston's fan and I can still remember watching the Kings get literally robbed and jobbed against the Lakers on live television by this BS. I lost all respect for the NBA at that point, because if I could tell as an unbiased viewer that this was completely corrupt, how on earth could the NBA brass miss it?
The league pushed for the Lakers to win.
I still cry 🤣🤣 c webb was my guy since his college days
The Kings bench for laughing at one point because they knew the calls were bullshit.
In the NBA, if they love you, you get away with almost anything on the court. Heck, even traveling doesn't called much this day. You would think something minor like that would be upheld as it is a fundamental skill in basketball but it's not.
This all goes back to the Knicks winning the 1985 1st round draft pick which they used on Patrick Ewing because David Stern *"froze"* the envelope to ensure that Sacramento did not get that pick instead.
The Kings did themselves no favors by blowing game 4 and game 7 but Donoghy was under orders to make sure that the Kings did not advance to the 2002 NBA Final.
"His brother was a good athlete, he was alright, arrogant" yup sounds like a future ref to me
This makes it seem like Tim was only betting on games he officiated and had direct influence over. In actuality, Tim was betting on ALL the NBA games and had a 75% success rate. How? He knew relationships between officials, players and coaches and how those friendships and feuds influenced the calls and how that in turn, influenced to a great degree the outcomes of games. The bigger problem is how much the league and the officials steer game outcomes to their liking and that hasn't changed. Tim Donaghy took advantage of the NBAs overt bias but nothing was done to eliminate the bias itself. This story pins everything on Tim but the problem is much larger than that. Read Tim's book and judge for yourself.
You're crazy if you don't think this is still going on
With the NFL too
I have many friends who don’t believe it’s rigged.
Every major sport. Soccer/Football is notorious for fixed outcomes and nothing gets done about it
I don't feel sorry for Mr. Battista. He targeted the Phoenix Suns because they were highly favored to win at that time because of their high powered scoring. He robbed the players and coaches and fans of the Suns and other teams of legitimate victories and tarnished the NBA.
Still pisses me off to this day when I think about how they screwed the suns.
Screwed the Kings, Blazers and Mavs as well.
@@MAKAV3L1 that 2006 heat vs mavericks finals as the worst, I think they assisted the mavs on their championship as a makeup call
Was that the year the spurs beat them?
Black Viking the nba made Lebron score 8 points and get shut down by JJ Barea and Shawn Marion? Fucking clown
Donaghy was shady, but he also gave info on how Stern would shape games via video instructions, as well as existing biases of refs. He passed info about games being ref'd by other people, not just his own games. Everyone knows Jordan was protected and Iverson was hated, but there was much more. Stern controlled the PR masterfully and put it all on Donaghy and deflected any suspicion of his office. Stars were elevated and game 7s pulled out of this air.
At the ends in he’s in tears and says “I devised a scandal that brought mayhem into my life and my family’s life.” Sounds like he’s just sorry he was caught and not that what he did was wrong. No mention of the people he screwed out of their hard earned money.
The NBA doesn't want all of the information that Donaghy disclosed to get out . Imagine how many other referees are doing this
Sad to see what greed can do to people.
True
@LO5T1057 lol... just the Europeans and Asians
@@holycrapdude123 lol and the african warlords, mexican cartels, middle eastern oil barons, Indian fraudsters etc greed doesnt discriminate when it comes to ethnicity.
Throwing a basketball game for hundreds of thousands? Who the fuck wouldn't?
Weston 1878 America is a cooperation welcome to reality
Is it me or is this camera quality crisp AF
Kani X well it is 2018
Kani X that’s 1080p for ya
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman worth a couple billy these days.
@@NCKane vice? Billions?
@@jailtimejake2151 "Vice had become the tenth-highest-valued private company in America, according to CB Insights, at a valuation of $5.7 billion, and as recently as 2016"
My uncle was a ref. Owns 11 houses and three business. What more you want too know
Ik my granddad wasn’t yelling at the tv for no reason 😂
No mention of his ultimate betting crime: 2002 Kings vs Lakers Western Conference Finals. Kings fans had to watch in agony as Bibby got whistled for so much as looking too hard at Kobe. And no mention? This is more like On the Outskirts of the Gambling Ring.
still can't get over that game
Can you imagine the power that Tim felt while refereeing games he was fixing!
All nba refs
@@bpswank429 🎯
This should be made into a movie like legit!!
There's a kinda similar one with Kevin spacey and another actor who played the protagonist a student trying to get a scholarship
They count on blackjack in Vegas
Don't remember the title
@@tpsam it's called 21
Gavin loge they did. It’s called Two for the Money
lyke omg you are soooo right. i cant evennn
@@Mr.Buttermaker that movie cane out 3 years before they were caught so it's definitely not about their story
Thanks for almost ending the whole kings organization
They did bud that's why the king's been sucking stinger's up
@@allgasnobrakes530
yes
Yup they deserve to be in the finals 2002 they could've won game 6 if it want for those bad calls
Makes u wonder about every sport especially the NFL
💵
For some reason the Falcons vs Patriots comes to my mind when i think of a rigged game.
@@ShawnFX 😁 tell me about it and that's my team (Falcons) but I hate to make excuses. That one was VERY questionable though
as as there is judge and ref in the sports it will be corrupt..........
Pro wrestling is more legit than the NFL
Kings would have had the chip
Jared Reed fuck the kings
u dont know that.
Jared Reed hell yeah. Would’ve slaughtered the nets with that stacked line up
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂
@@chad_garrison1991 Sad, but true! Our Kings should/would have been the champs!
We hate this guy in Phoenix for screwing us against the Spurs
Facts!
Go Spurs Go!!!
I can't find tape or RUclips video..but I saw Spurs/Blazers playoffs .(90??)
In a tight game with about a minute to go BLAZERS make bucket, ref grabs ball and looks back at scores table and *shoves* ball in David Robinsons chest..to inbound..Robinson looking confused as he never inbounds the ball let's the ball fall to the ground..ref instantly call a *tech* on him.
Spurs lose.
The local broadcasters -" what was that?!"
I as were others confused by that whole scenario🤔🤔not anymore.
The NBA wanted to see a Blazers /Pistons finals
*THE FIX WAS IN*
Spurs, Suns, Kings screwed...Lakers never get hurt...
Spurs have been had way more
@@supremeleader9440 success??
Yes. But let's be real that must be from legit talent and coaching..the NBA doesn't care for small boring markets.
15 months? How do I get into this lol.
right?
lol no kidding
@@ironmen23 bruhh 15 months for all that OMG white privilege at it's finest they made so money who cares if they get locked up for a slap on the wrist
15 months is not a problem. That's chum change for some people lmao
BeingWokeTV chump change. If they leave you alone inside 1 and a half yrs. is easy.
Why is Santorum officiating
Bruuuuuuuh
Only 15 months?! Did he have to pay any fines as well, how much money did he make altogether during this scandal? 15 months is just a slap on the wrist
Holy shit I love Vice sometimes. This was riveting.
Sometimes
Sometimes....
@@yunglime2733 Sometimes.....said Jordan Peterson
When it's not about weed!
@4browsing Aww poor baby better go to your safe space.
The sad thing is this sort of thing is common..Not only in the NBA but pretty much all sports where betting happens.
There’s no doubt still shady shit like this still happening in sports today
@Lighthouse in the Storm the refs in the NBA definitely still control the game based off gambling
Definitely the fix was in for the Suns-Spurs playoff. I would call it the worst officiated series I've ever seen, but it appears the referees knew exactly what they were doing. Like an archery competition where the archer misses so badly they kill someone in the crowd, but kill exactly who they meant to in the crowd.
Makes you wonder if it's still happening. Refs have such power over the outcomes of games.
Scott Foster is still part of the group and still working in the NBA.
Yea He Fucked The Suns Out Of A Championship 💯
The refs still cheating the Kings. I still don’t know how u get elbowed in the face and the fouls on you...Buddy Hield and Mike Bibby. Or when Fox was elbowed and kneed in the nuts but the fouls on him. So many ticky tack fouls against us.
The fact they only got 15 months is crazy asf
I will never get over Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals in 2002
The movie Casino talked about this
A fascinating and meaningful report. Thank you to all who appeared in this video, and thank you especially to all those at Vice Sports and beyond who worked hard to produce it.
And the head behind this whole shit is David Stern.
You fucking absolutely right
I fucking hate David Stern.
A well known gambler said in the 90s I had 3 nba refs not named Tim D. all on my payroll full time
2007 Suns lost a well deserved title in the Finals against the Spurs because of this. Suns were the best team and this scandal robbed a city of a long awaited trophy. Spurs should have an asterisk for that one.
It would have been nice to know what games were effected, the NBA did a good job of hardly even acknowledge this whole scandal
That Kings squad was so damn good man. CDub, Divac, Peja, Hedo, Bibby, Bobby Jackson and Doug Christie off the bench... one of my favorite teams of all time
Doug started
The Kids Nice Doug Christie shaved his armpits
J-Will?
That ref that ejected Tim Duncan for smiling on the bench is also corrupt...FACTS!!!
Joey Crawford
I remember that game live. Wasn't it Easter or some shit? It was on abc. I said it when it happened. I said yo. That ref is cheating. Word
Robbed the Kings , Blazers , Suns of playoff wins over the Lakers smh disgrace !!!
How do they not even mention the 2002 Western Conference Finals?!?!?! Kings were robbed!!!!!
Nicholas Alexander Posey probably because everyone knows that one already.
@@melojordans23 That's like making a video about insider trading and not mentioning Enron, or about Ponzi schemes and not mentioning Madoff. Sure those are the most famous examples, but they're also the best examples, and absolutely should be touched on!
It was 17 years ago
Get over it buddy
Nicholas Alexander Posey it wasn’t rigged for the lakers, it was rigged to go to GAME 7. Don’t be an idiot. Kings choked and lost in game 7
Italian American and Irish Americans still involved in gambling, racketeering and organized crime.
NihilTimendumEst LoL and operating freely
And still receiving slaps on the wrist
Dude! If you hadn’t lawyered up...you would of gotten 25 years!
No way that one ref can do all that. Especially when being graded as a good ref. He was just the scapegoat.
These guys get 15 months in prison for gambling, but a guy gets caught with some pot and serves decades, Justice is not so blind.
10 years from now, we'll be watching this again surrounding Lebron's favoritism amongst the refs
How?
@@oshonuyids it’s obvious look it up plenty of videos on here about it
@@DripVio any actual reliable sources?
@@oshonuyids plenty of videos you’re own eyes can be your source espn plenty of sports media places to see lebron do a 7 step travel and get the and 1 😭😭 sports are rigged
@@oshonuyids I take you’re the type to refute other peoples evidence without doing your own research
This the type of content I came to see Vice. Good shit
Whaat?! No mention of Rasheed Wallace waiting for the dude after a game? That's the best part!! Jan 15 2003
You can get several years for a nonviolent drug offense but you get 15 months for this kind of pervasive financial crime.
Kings were robbed.
What cameras did you shoot this with? Just curious because I am looking for a good doc type camera right now. Well done
Pat Dorsman probably just a good lens
@@nononono12345 it's both
The dude was just incredibly well informed lol really alot of what he did while extreme wasnt all that bad. It's just a small amount that was real bad. But let's be real here... if there wasnt money involved he would've never gotten in trouble.. they only care about the money hes making/they're loosing
one of the best vice mini-docs I've seen...
Lol so we’re gonna act like Stern wasn’t in on it?
do news companies pay FBI, CIA, etc. for information like the guy is talking about around 9:30
There was just one referee involved? Cool story... 😑
@Alaric Its not illegal to fix games...
*HARD* *PLACE* lol savage
THIS VIDEO NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST AN HOUR LONG. PLEASE.
NO
Nothing’s changed ..
thats a scary thought
Where can I watch the full documentary?
This video doesn’t tell the whole story. Tim in interviews has said that a lot of his inside info was the NBA dictating to the refs who they wanted to win. The fucking NBA was fixing games. They even had a ref that they would use in playoff games to make sure the games went at least 6
94' game 7 knicks/pacers. 98' game 7 Bulls/Pacers. 00' game 7 Blazers/Lakers. 01' game 7 76ers/Bucks. '02 game 7 Lakers/Kings. How sexy does a Blazers/Pacers final in 2000 sound? What about Pacers/Rockets in 94'?
Mavs & Heat 2006 finals RIGGED!
FnkytwnTim Johnson Mark Cuban said it
IBlewUponYourFace yep cubes called it
Guys who get caught with marijuana on them get more years than this, bs.
I wish I knew how to finesse like that .
Being a scumbag isn't a career bro
David H no there is bro. Politicians and police for example. It takes a schmuck
David H you not gonna be thinking your a scumbag when you making bank 😂😂
The fact that I got in the bed with him changed my life dude remember you said you came to him to help you with this scandal
This shit crazy
his brother is my dentist
Where is episode 1? Am I missing something? Title says E2...
The NBA is like the WWE, they “know” who’s going to win.
Agreed. It's "entertainment" only Olympics is not set winners i believe
I cant wait to see how they fix the playoffs and finals this year. How do you think it's gonna go down?
Ferrari_Guy they will definitely be a wcf of lakers warriors biggest markets rn will make the most money etc
@@dylanpolo2163 I see them making the Warriors lose because Lebron always makes the finals and ratings will tank supposedly if Lebron isn't in the finals. I
t will be interesting to watch for sure.
IBlewUponYourFace All sports are, they’re all scripted.
NEED the TRACK-ID (Outro) any idea ?
Talking over that damn phone...it never fails with fedz...
I remember seeing a video of a ref literally fouling a player and making a bum call. Shit was horrible and no one did shit.
Kenyon Martin acts like he was one of the players they were conspiring against haha. They definitely weren’t fouling him out of games. You never see all stars do these type of interviews
Probably cause they benefit from it smart ass.
This needed to be much longer.
Costed the Sacramento Kings a lot
Mom- you want to go out to eat?
Son- bet!
Him- wtf did you just say 😖
Love the strong inference the thumbnail gives us by capturing the dirtiest NBA referee with the greatest basketball player who ever lived and also happens to have a gambling background of legendary proportions. Wonder where this is going??🤔🙄
I really wanna see a longer version of this...
The Kings got TOTALLY F%CKED by these guys
15 months in jail....yet a young black or brown kid gets busted for having weed on him and he gets 5 years
This fool only got 15 months??? WTF
AQUA VIII ' $ he did 15 months for 237k. I'll sign up for that quick!
@@philiptucker6119 Well its because Donoughy snitched and had something valuable for the FBI. If he didnt snitch, he would have gotten the going rate for this offense.
Makes me think this is still going since the amount of ridiculous calls are being made during game
Crazy thing is state governments are legalizing the very thing he’s in jail for.
The NBA: Where Rigging Happens
Very well filmed
Franzese said he had 3 NBA refs on his payroll at one point & none of them was Donaghy. This was going on for a long time, inevitably still is in some sports to some level. Wonder how many championships have been altered by faulty refereeing.
So now people gonna be saying, the 00-02 lakers didn't belong in the finals or shouldn't have won any of them. It's not like they asked for this to happen. They played the game the way the game should have been played. Shaq fouled out in game 5 of the finals in 00. Leaving kobe by himself. 01, philly didn't stand a chance, nor did the spurs. 02 prolly is the most questionable out of all of them. Kings looked real good in that series. The kings shot better from the field, lakers shot better from the line. kings shot better from behind the arc. But here is the question. If they were betting and the lakers were down 3-2 in the series, and apparently they wanted the lakers to win. Why did they have the lakers go down at all? they were down 2 times in the series, came back. Did they only bet on the games the lakers were supposed to win or did they dictate the series and bet on both? It's a serious question as well. I really feel like a lot is missing from this and they still aren't telling us only what they want us to know.
Little known fact that Tim donaghy was actually not an official for game 6 2002, and they want to say it’s a lone wolf lol
15 months? 15 months? Ridiculous. Pete Rose is banned for life? Ridiculous
Kobe needs to thank Tim for 2 of his rings.